Controls

The left and right buttons move you back and forward by one day. Clicking the numbered
button in the middle takes you to the calendar screen.

The
button at the top right shows you the name of the current page and lets you move from one page to another.

Copy and paste

To copy a section or the entire page, right-click on the text and pick the appropriate command from the menu: Copy to copy one section or Copy Page to copy the whole page.

Alternatively, press Ctrl+C to copy the entire page to the Clipboard.

Options in the text

Here and there in some of the pages, you will see a pale blue arrow on the right-hand side. These arrows let you choose among various options within the page.

On optional memorials, you can choose whether to celebrate the memorial or stick with the ferial day.

On memorials, you can choose whether to use the Mass readings of the memorial or those of the ferial day.

In the Liturgy of the Hours, you can choose whether to see the Invitatory Psalm or not.

In the daytime Hours, you can choose whether to see the psalms of the day, the complementary psalms, or both.

In the Order of Mass (and also in Mass Today), you can choose between different penitential rites, Creeds, Eucharistic Prayers, and so on.

Universalis tries to be intelligent in remembering your choice. For instance, if you chose to have the Invitatory Psalm at Morning Prayer today, it will show it to you at Morning Prayer again tomorrow. Of course, if it has guessed wrong, you can use the blue arrow to correct it.

The menu

To
open the menu, press the F2 key or click on the downward-pointing triangle at the
top left of the Universalis window. It looks like this:

Fonts

You can choose which font type and font size you want Universalis to use.

Calendars

There is a General Calendar, shared by the whole Church, and then there are local calendars which have saints and celebrations of more local interest. For example, Saint Benedict is celebrated with a memorial in the universal Church but with a feast in Europe, while Saint Willibrord, who isn't in the General Calendar at all, is celebrated with an optional memorial in some English dioceses and a solemnity in the Netherlands.

Not all local calendars are included in Universalis, but an increasing number are. Pick the one that looks best for you.

Translations

This lets you choose not just translations but various other options to do with what text is displayed. Full details are here.

About Universalis

This page tells you what version of the program and database you are using.

Check for Updates

By default, Universalis checks our web site for updates once a month or so. If you don't want it to do this, turn this option off.

Create e-books

This command lets you create e-books for the Sony Reader, the Nook, the Amazon Kindle and other devices. The instructions are here.

Set up daily e-mails

This takes you to our web site so that you can make use of our free service of automatic daily emails.